Catahoula Lake Invs., LLC v. Hunt Oil Co., 237 So. 3d 593 (2018)

Jan. 10, 2018 · Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit · CW 2017–651

237 So. 3d 593

CATAHOULA LAKE INVESTMENTS, LLC
v.
HUNT OIL COMPANY, et al.

CW 2017-651

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

January 10, 2018

Gladstone N. Jones, III, Bernard E. Boudreaux, Jr., Kevin E. Huddell, Eberhard D. Garrison, H. S. Bartlett, III, Emma Elizabeth Daschbach, John T. Arnold, Lindsay E. Reeves, Jones, Swanson, Huddell & Garrison, LLC, 601 Poydras Street, Suite 2655, New Orleans, Louisiana 70130, (504) 523-2500, Counsel for Plaintiff/Relator: Catahoula Lake Investments, LLC

Jennifer Jones, Jones Law Firm, Post Office Box 1550, Cameron, Louisiana 70631, (337) 775-5714, Counsel for Plaintiff/Relator: Catahoula Lake Investments, LLC

William Michael Adams, Paul M. Adkins, Stacey Denise Williams, Brian C. Flanagan, Blanchard, Walker, O'Quin, P.O. Drawer 1126, Shreveport, LA 71163-1126, (318) 221-6858, Counsel for Defendant/Respondent: Petro-Hunt, LLC

Jamie D. Rhymes, April L. Rolen-Ogden, Hunter A. Chauvin, Liskow & Lewis, Post Office Box 52008, Lafayette, Louisiana 70505-2008, (337) 232-7424, Counsel for Defendant/Respondent: XH, LLC

Joseph I. Giarrusso, III, Liskow & Lewis, 701 Poydras Street, Suite 5000, New Orleans, Louisiana 70139, (504) 581-7979, Counsel for Defendant/Respondent: XH, LLC

Michael P. Cash, Liskow & Lewis, 1001 Fannin Street, Suite 1800, Houston, Texas 77002, (713) 651-2900, Counsel for Defendant/Respondent: XH, LLC

Matthew Joseph Randazzo, III, Christopher B. Bailey, Charles W. Montz, Jr., Jackson D. Logan, III, Randazzo, Giglio & Bailey, LLC, P.O. Box 51347, Lafayette, LA 70505, (337) 291-4900, Counsel for Defendant/Respondent: Kingfisher Resources, Inc.

Court composed of Shannon J. Gremillion, Phyllis M. Keaty, and D. Kent Savoie, Judges.

KEATY, Judge.

Defendants-Relators, XH, LLC; Kingfisher Resources, Inc.; and Petro-Hunt, L.L.C., seek supervisory writs from a judgment which denied, in part, their exception of no right of action filed against Plaintiff-Respondent, Catahoula Lake Investments, LLC. In Docket Number 17-649 with this court, Plaintiff-Relator, Catahoula Lake Investments, LLC, seeks supervisory writs from the same judgment which granted, in part, the exception of no right of action filed by Defendants-Respondents, XH, LLC; Kingfisher Resources, Inc.; and Petro-Hunt, L.L.C.

In view of our decision rendered today in Catahoula Lake Investments, LLC v. Hunt Oil Co. , 17-649 (La.App. 3 Cir. __/__/__), 237 So.3d 585, 2018 WL 1079585, wherein we granted and made peremptory the writ, thereby reversing the portion of the trial court judgment which granted, in part, the exception of no right of action filed by Defendants-Respondents, XH, LLC; Kingfisher Resources, Inc.; and Petro-Hunt, L.L.C., and reinstated all of Plaintiff-Relator's claims against Defendants-Respondents, this writ is now moot.

DECREE

For the reasons assigned, this writ is denied as moot. All costs associated with this matter are assessed against Defendants-Relators, XH, LLC; Kingfisher Resources, Inc.; and Petro-Hunt, L.L.C.

WRIT DENIED AS MOOT.